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Effects of Temperature and Composition of Dairy Milk on Influenza A Virus Stability
June 14, 2024
In response to the H5N1 outbreak in cattle, CRIPT and Penn-CEIRR researchers mimicked pasteurization conditions to investigate the impacts of temperature on influenza A virus stability in different types of dairy milk.
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Effects of Temperature and Composition of Dairy Milk on Influenza A Virus Stability
In response to the H5N1 outbreak in cattle, CRIPT and Penn-CEIRR researchers mimicked pasteurization conditions to investigate the impacts of temperature on influenza A virus stability in different types of dairy milk.
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Deep Mutational Scanning of H5 Influenza Hemagglutinin to Inform Influenza Virus Surveillance
Penn-CEIRR researchers performed Deep Mutational Scanning of H5 HA to better assess how mutations might affect the virus’ risk to humans or effectiveness of current candidate vaccines.
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Antiviral Susceptibility Testing of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Viruses Isolated From Dairy Cattle in the United States, 2024
SJCEIRR researchers responded to the influenza H5N1 outbreak in cattle by testing the virus' susceptibility to neuraminidase inhibitors (NAIs) and a cap-dependent endonuclease inhibitor (CENI).
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Influenza Viruses Remain Infectious in Unpasteurized Milk on Milking Machinery Surfaces
Penn-CEIRR researchers found that deposited H1N1 virus on milking equipment can remain infectious for long periods of time posing a potential risk to humans and contributing to cow-to-cow transmission.